The Grudge of Snape
Lily finished her dinner early and stood up. She walked away and continued on to the Head's room. As she walked away two sets of eyes followed. A minute later James made an excuse and followed her. A set of eyes followed his path as he followed Lily's. A minute later Lily burst into the Head's room after reciting the password. She threw herself on the couch. She began to stand up when James walked in.
"Wait," he commanded. Lily ignored him and walked to her door. When she got to she paused.
"Did you follow me up here?" Lily accused.
"Yes." James admitted. Lily walked into her room and slammed the door shut.
James went and stood by her door. He knocked softly on it and waited for a response. He didn't get one. He stood at her door for five minutes knocking until Lily threw her door open. "What?" she screamed.
"Why are you mad at me?" James asked.
"How can you ask that question?" Lily said in a frustrated voice. "Don't you have detention, anyway."
"Just promise me that we can talk about this later and I'll leave."
"Fine." Lily agreed grudgingly. James smiled and turned around and walked out the entryway. Lily turned around and threw herself down on her bed. She picked up her transfiguration book and immediately put it back down. She finished the rest of her homework in an hour and a half and then picked up her transfiguration book again. A half hour later she was still trying to understand it when James returned from his detention.
"You're back early." Lily commented. She turned back to her homework.
"Yeah, well they let me out early so I could patrol. Poor Padfoot is still slaving away."
"Put we don't patrol for another half hour." Lily protested.
"But they don't know that." James explained. "So what are you working on?"
"Transfiguration homework." Lily replied.
"And how long have you been working on it." James asked leaning over her shoulder.
"A half hour." Lily admitted.
"Really?" James couldn't hide the smugness in his voice. "Doesn't look like you got much down. Do you want some help?"
"No!" Lily protested. She put down her quill and turned to look at James. "Don't you have any homework that will prevent you from bothering me?"
"I finished it all in transfiguration class. That is with the exception of transfiguration homework which I will do in charms tomorrow." James explained.
"How do you pass your classes?" Lily wondered out loud.
"Sheer talent." James answered.
Lily was unable to take the conversation any longer. She gathered her books and walked into her room and sat down at her desk in there. James for once decided to leave her alone and picked up a Quidditch magazine. Five minutes later he got up trying to read it and started pacing up and down the room. Lily shouted at him to stop so he plopped down on the couch. He pulled a snitch out of his pocket and thought about the try-outs on Monday. That lasted about four minutes before he was back to pacing.
"Stop pacing." Lily shouted, yet again.
"I'm bored."
"So do your homework." Lily suggested.
James sighed and walked over to where he had dropped his books. He took out his transfiguration homework and got to work. Fifteen minutes later he was finished. "I'm done." he announced to no one in particular. "Let's patrol now." James shouted to Lily.
"Fine." Lily said putting down her book. She stood up and walked out of the Head's room. James followed close behind her.
"Are you still mad at me?" James asked fifteen minutes later when they were near the Hufflepuff's dorm.
"Yes," Lily replied curtly, not looking at him.
"Evans, I'm sorry. I swear I had no part in that prank. What else do you want me to do?" James's voice wasn't just sad. It was pleading. For once he actually cared what some one thought.
"But you did have a part in every other prank that has happened since first year. You have hexed many, many people for no reason. Severus Snape, repeatedly. You did threaten me to get me to go out with you even when you had one of your many girlfriends. And you are talented but you don't care enough to do anything with your talents." Lily accused.
"That's true." James admitted. "But I can change."
"No you can't." Lily argued. "You'll never change. Because no one and nothing is enough to get you to realize that life isn't prank perfect."
"That's not true." James started. And then he stopped. "Did you hear something?" he asked ominously.
"No." Lily replied walking onward.
James on the other hand stopped and looked around. "I could have sworn I heard something." He muttered under his breath before jogging to catch up to Lily. "Give me a chance. I swear that I'm not lying."
"So what." Lily said.
"What do you mean, so what?" James asked.
"I mean exactly what I said, so what?" Lily said. "So what if for once you didn't pull the prank. So what if you can change. Let's say that you do change. You become the perfect person. You do everything you say you will. Then what? Will you stop hanging around with your friends for me? Will you become a bookworm? How long can you last like that? I don't believe you Potter. You can change but you won't stay that way." Lily kept walking.
Someone stepped out from behind a pillar. He was clapping his hands. "Well said Lily. Well said."
"Snape. Detention for being outside of your dormitory after curfew. What are you doing here anyway?" James said icily. Of all the people to see him humiliated why was it Snape?
(A/N At this point I should probably explain that in my story Snape doesn't hate Lily. He insulted her merely so that the other Slytherins wouldn't cast him out. He is actually in love with her, mainly because of what she does to Potter. About a year ago he started acting nice to Lily and so now Lily likes him as a friend. I know that doesn't make a lot of sense but I just like that idea. Okay I'll stop blabbering. Read on. And review. Plz)
"Actually I came here to talk to Lily but then when I saw her chewing you out I decided to wait and see what happened. It turns out that it was lucky I decided to wait. How many people would have thought that they would see James Potter being rejected. All though it has happened with Lily several times before never quite like this. So congratulations yet again Lily."
"If you tell anyone-" James started to threaten.
"I thought you promised to change Potter." Lily interrupted. "What did you want to talk to me about Snape?
"If you will allow us some privacy Potter." Snape started.
"No. Why should I trust you around Lily? And why should I allow you anything?"
"Fine," Snape replied, "Muffliato. Silenceo"
"What's that do," Lily asked with interest. "I've never seen the first one before."
"I'll explain later. The important thing is that he will no longer be able to hear any part of our conversation. Or participate in it." Lily glanced over at James. He was attempting to shout and after several attempts he started casting spells on himself. None of them appeared to work. "That was the work of a third silent spell," Snape explained. "No spell cast on himself will work for several hours."
"So what did you want to talk to me about?" Lily asked.
"I was wondering if you would like to go with me to Hogsmede this with me next weekend." Snape asked. He had been thinking about this for several weeks. After all the other Slytherins would hate him for dating a Mudblood. They didn't even know that the two talked. Snape had not allowed himself to talk to her outside of Prefect meetings. He told himself that it was for her own good. That the other Slytherins would hurt her if they found out. But he couldn't take it anymore. He could protect her. He could tell the others that anyone who hated James Potter had to be on their side. After all Lily was the only one that really hated him. Even her friends didn't really hate him. But still he was doing this in the dead of night.
"As friends, right?" Lily asked.
"Actually Lily I was hoping you would go as my date." Snape corrected.
"I'm sorry Severus. I can't"
"Why not? It can't be because you would rather be with this idiot."
"I just don't think of you that way. I'm sorry." Lily apologized. "I would like to go as friends though."
Snape was mad. He had lowered himself to asking a Mudblood out and she had the nerve to refuse him. "What can I do to make you think of me like that." He asked frustrated.
"I don't think I ever will. I'm sorry. Can't we just be friends?" Lily asked.
"That's not enough for me." Snape said. Suddenly a note appeared in front of Lily. She knelt down to pick it up. She read it Help Me it read. It was signed by Potter. Lily turned to face Potter. You're going to help him?" Snape asked, not quite believing his eyes.
"I hate him but he is still Headboy. And I'm afraid that I'm going to have to take 25 points off of Slytherin. Besides out conversation is over, isn't it?" Lily waved her wand and James could talk again. She didn't know the other spell that Snape had cast on him. "How do you reverse the other spell?"
"Why should I tell you?" Snape sneered. "How dare you refuse me. Do you have any idea what it took for me to ask you out? What the other Slytherins will think?"
"I'll have to guess then." Lily muttered under her breath. She started casting various anti-hexes. Slightly louder she answered him. "I don't know how much courage it took for you to ask me out at midnight with no one to hear you rejected. Even Potter had the nerve to ask me out in daylight. And why do you care what the other Slytherins think? They are all going to end up in Azkaban anyway. But you can be different. Fight for Dumbledore. As for why you should tell me. Otherwise I will be forced to take more points away and give you another detention."
"You insolent Mudblood." Snape yelled. "I thought you were different. I thought you hated Potter. That you might like me. But in the end you were just like him."
"Just like him." Lily repeated. "I never hexed you. I just don't love you. Why is that so hard to understand? I never meant to hurt-" Lily stopped. She was looking at something over Snape's shoulder. "What are you doing here Black?" she asked. Snape turned around. Before he could do anything Black waved his wand. In a split second Snape was lying on the ground in a full body blind.
"I got a note from Prongs to come down here. I guess this is why." Sirius replied. "What spell did he cast on Prongs anyway?"
"Muffliato" Lily answered.
"Okay." Sirius said.
"You know what that is?" Lily asked.
"Well no." Sirius admitted. "But James once taught me a spell that will reverse most any simple spell." Sirius cast the spell, as if to prove his point.
"Thank you Padfoot." James said. He was finally able to hear and talk again.
"No problem."
"Lily are you okay?" James asked.
"Why wouldn't I be?" Lily asked.
"I just assumed because he was yelling at you." James sputtered.
"Well not everyone is like you. I'm fine." Lily replied. "Now why is Black here."
"Because you couldn't reverse the spell by yourself." Sirius offered.
"Go back to bed." Lily commanded.
"Right away Master." Sirius said, turning around and going back the way he had come. He paused to conjure cold water over Snape's head. Lily missed it, fortunately for him. Sirius kept walking until he was about half way back to the dormitory. He saw something out of the corner of his eye. It was blond and moving very fast. "Jen?" he asked. She turned around.
"Please don't tell anyone I was up." She begged.
"And by anyone you mean Lily." Sirius said.
"No." Jen defended. "Well kind of. But not just her." She started to leave.
"What do you have behind your back?" Sirius asked.
"Nothing." Jen walked faster. Sirius caught up to her and turned her around.
"You have a broom." Sirius accused.
"Has anyone ever told you that you are very observant?" Jen asked sarcastically.
"So why are you carrying around a broom at the dead of night. Trying to get in practice before try-outs?" Jen didn't answer. She just stood there blushing., proving Sirius's accusation. "So why didn't you want anyone to know that you were practicing?"
"I didn't think anyone would believe I was serious about playing Quidditch. After all it isn't exactly my type of thing. Especially beater. So I was trying to get good enough that everyone would have to take me seriously. Thus the practicing in the dead of night." Jen answered.
"If you want I can teach how to play better." Sirius offered. "In exchange for a favor, of course."
"What's the favor?" Jen asked suspiciously.
"Go to the next Hogsmede trip with me." Sirius said, "If you make the team."
"Fine." Jen agreed, "If I make the team."
Down in the dungeon Lily was reversing the hex on Snape. "Are you okay?"
"Why do you care." Snape said while shaking his hair trying to get the water out of it.
"Because you're still my friend Severus." Lily said.
"I will never forgive you for humiliating Mudblood. No matter what I will find a way to make you and whoever you end up with miserable. I will have my revenge. I will have it even sooner if you tell any one about this." Snape turned around and stomped off. As he turned the corner James waved his wand. Snape started cursing but didn't turn back.
"So what was that about?" James asked.
"Typical." Lily said. "He might have every right to be mad at me and you hex him anyway."
"Well he has no right to insult you no matter what he did, so I think that that hex was qualified. Besides it will wear off around breakfast time tomorrow." James said. "So are you going to answer my question."
"No." Lily answered. "Our shift is about over. Let's go back to the Head's room. And James."
"Yeah."
"Could you help me with my Transfiguration homework." Lily asked. James smiled and nodded.
"If you'll go to Hogsmede with me."
"No." Lily answered.
"It was worth a shot." James said. "Why not. I'll help you."
"You never did tell me what Snape said that day." James said.
"But you have to admit he hasn't been very vindictive. I mean we haven't even talked to him since we graduated Hogwarts. Where do you think he is now."
"Serving Voldermort most likely." James said bluntly.
"I wonder what type of revenge he plans to do to you. Now he has two reasons to hate you."
"I can't wait to see what he tries."
Harry felt a wave of loathing flow threw him. Snape had certainly fulfilled his promise. He had taken away three of the only people that Harry had ever loved. He had been responsible for their deaths in the end, telling Voldermort that prophecy. Harry swore that he would get his revenge soon. He stood up, leaving the book on his bed. He walked down the stairs where everyone was waiting on him to leave. He smiled at Ginny and then took a handful of powder. "Diagon Alley." He pronounced clearly. And then he was gone.